Personal Property - As introduced, extends from 10 to 100 years the initial statutory period of the postmortem right to commercial exploitation of a deceased individual's property rights in such individual's name, photograph, voice, or likeness by an executor, assignee, heir, or devisee. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 3; Title 47, Chapter 25 and Title 47, Chapter 18.

Summary

The bill changes Tennessee law to lengthen the period during which an executor, heir or assignee may commercially use a deceased individual’s name, photograph, voice or likeness from ten years to a century. It amends several sections of the Tennessee Code and would take effect on July 1, 2026, affecting families and businesses that profit from a person’s identity after death.

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